RULES AND REGULATIONS

General instructions:

• Members must follow the rules and regulations of the library.
• Absolute Silence must be maintained by the members in the library.
• Any personal belongings of the members like mobile and others including electronic gadgets are not allowed in the library.
• No member shall write or make any mark on books, journals or on any other documents of the library.
• Users shall not mutilate the arrangement of books on the shelves. Purposeful misplacement or any misbehavior will disqualify the user from membership.
• Library cards are not transferable. Damaged cards are chargeable for new ones.
• Any personal books or issued books from this library are not allowed in the library.
• Borrowed books are not returned on the same day.
• ‘Reference Books’ and ‘Not to be Lend Out’ books are not allow for lending.
• Library Clearance is mandatory at the end of study/service.
• For any controversy the Library Constitution and Library Rules & Regulation is the final.

Entry to the library:

• Only valid members of the library are allowed to the library on producing the membership card/library card.
• Entry into the library will solely depends on the prudence of the librarian.
• People other than library members are allowed to the library by the written permission of the Principal/Teacher-in-Charge of the college.
• At the time of entry, signature in the Walk-In-Register is mandatory.

Become a membership:

• All the students, teaching staff and non-teaching staff are eligible to be a library member.
• For student: At the time of registration, two passport size photographs and receipt copy of admission fees are required.

Borrowing rules:

• All members are allowed to borrow book(s) against their membership cards/library cards.
• Number of books for borrowing depends on the types of members and number of library cards.
• Requisition of books for borrowing must be placed to In-Charge of the circulation section before issuing books.
• At the time of borrowing members must check the physical condition, mutilation or marking upon the books and if any, notice to the In-Charge, otherwise the last borrower of that book will be penalized discovered afterwards.

Fees and Fines:

• No further membership fees/library fees are required except at the time of admission.

• First time library cards/membership cards are free to members but duplicate one is chargeable.

• Overdue charge will levied at a specified rate.

• Members are bound to replace the book in case of loss or damage.

Loss of Cards and Books:

• Any loss of books or other documents should be noticed to the librarian immediately for the necessary actions.

• General Diary to the nearest Police Station is required for losing library card/membership card.

Online BCL facilities:

Only 10 credentials have been provided by the BCL to the library. So, all concerned are requested to follow the guidelines mentioned in below:

• Each staff can retain the credential for 15 days only. This time period will be extended if there is no application from other staff of this institution.
• Requisite software, if needed, must be installed as per guidelines provided by the BCL.
• Re-distribution and misuse of the credential are strictly prohibited.
• The change of user ID and password is not allowed for that time period.
• The users must follow the instructions, rules etc. given by the BCL from time to time.